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In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You get to rethink things. Often, that helps me correct a mistake that I made or someone else is about to make.

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Larry Ellison
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: August 17
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